Word for the Day - Dec 2 James

Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything.
     - James 1:2-4


God blesses the people who patiently endure testing. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.
     - James 1:12


Whatever is good and perfect comes to us from God above, who created all heaven’s lights. Unlike them, he never changes or casts shifting shadows. In his goodness he chose to make us his own children by giving us his true word. And we, out of all creation, became his choice possessions.
     - James 1:17-18


My dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. Your anger can never make things right in God’s sight.
     - James 1:19-20


If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are just fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.
     - James 1:26


For there will be no mercy for you if you have not been merciful to others. But if you have been merciful, then God’s mercy toward you will win out over his judgment against you.
     - James 2:13


So you see, it isn’t enough just to have faith. Faith that doesn’t show itself by good deeds is no faith at all – it is dead and useless.
     - James 2:17


So also, the tongue is a small thing, but what enormous damage it can do. A tiny spark can set a great forest on fire. And the tongue is a flame of fire. It is full of wickedness that can ruin your whole life. It can turn the entire course of your life into a blazing flame of destruction, for it is set on fire by hell itself.
     - James 3:5-6


But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure. It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds. It shows no partiality and is always sincere. And those who are peacemakers will plant seeds of peace and reap a harvest of goodness.
     - James 3:17-18


So humble yourselves before God. Resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
     - James 4:7


Don’t speak evil against each other, my dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize each other and condemn each other, then you are criticizing and condemning God’s law. But you are not a judge who can decide whether the law is right or wrong. Your job is to obey it.
     - James 4:11


Remember, it is sin to know what you ought to do and then not do it.
     - James 4:17


Are any among you suffering? They should keep on praying about it. And those who have reason to be thankful should continually sing praises to the Lord.
     - James 5:13


Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and wonderful results.
     - James 5:16